Paris 1900 chess tournament
The Paris 1900 chess tournament was an event held in conjunction with the
The tournament of 1900 was played in the Grand Cercle, Paris, from May 17 to June 20, 1900.
The results and standings:[1]
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total 1 Emanuel Lasker (German Empire) * 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 W 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14½ 2 Harry Nelson Pillsbury (United States) 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 W ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12½ 3 Frank James Marshall(United States)1 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 1 W 1 1 1 1 12 4 Géza Maróczy (Hungary) 0 0 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 W W 1 1 1 12 5 Amos Burn (England) 0 1 0 1 * L 1 L 1 0 1 W + 1 1 1 1 11 6 Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire) ½ 0 ½ ½ W * 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½ 7 Carl Schlechter (Austria-Hungary) 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 L W 1 1 W 1 1 1 1 10 8 Georg Marco (Austria-Hungary) L 0 0 0 W 0 1 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 9 Jacques Mieses (German Empire) 0 L 0 0 0 1 W 0 * 1 1 W 1 1 W W 1 10 10 Jackson Whipps Showalter(United States)0 ½ 1 0 1 1 L 0 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9 11 Dawid Janowski (France) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * W 1 1 1 1 1 9 12 James Mason (United States) 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 L ½ L * 1 L W 1 W 4½ 13 Miklós Bródy (Austria-Hungary) 0 0 L L – 0 L 0 0 0 0 0 * W 1 1 1 4 14 Leon Rosen (United States) 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W L * 0 W W 3 15 James Mortimer (United States) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 L 0 1 * 0 1 2 16 Manuel Márquez Sterling (Cuba) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 L 1 * 0 1 17 M. Didier (France) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 0 L 0 1 * 1
Legend: W (draw and win = 1 point), ½ (two draws = ½), L (draw and loss = 0 point), + (forfeit win = 1 point), – (forfeit loss = 0 point).
The prizes winners were Lasker (5000 F), Pillsbury (2500 F), Maróczy and Marshall (1750 F) each, Burn (1500 F), Chigorin (1000 F), Marco and Mieses (300 F) each. Schlechter tied for 7–9th but won fewer games and received no prize money. The top four also won Sèvres vases. Mieses won the Brilliancy Prize with his favourite Vienna Game against Janowski.[2]
Samuel Rosenthal wrote the tournament book. A tradition of world fairs and chess tournaments had ended.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Parigi". Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
- ^ Kleines Lehrbuch der Schachspiels (1910)
- ^ "World exhibitions". Archived from the original on 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2010-04-06.